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marzipan77 Challenge 14: Share your love for a trope, a cliché, kink, motif, or theme. What makes it particularly appealing to you?
Brotherhood. That special friendship between men - no, not THAT special friendship. :D The vibe of found family, of brothers who will fight to the end for each other. Give me that deep friendship and I'm a goner. Give me Jack and Daniel (when they are well-written) or S&H or Ilya and Napoleon or Nick and Monroe or Sam and Dean. Vin and Chris.
Team. Moving out from the central brotherhood, give me a group of people who love and rely on each other. And who, ultimately, aren't defined by their romantic pairings. Give me the Scoobies from Buffy, SG1, Mag7, Spock, Kirk, and McCoy and the greater team and the Next Gen and DS9 bunch.
Now that that's settled... give me a story about inner tension. About misunderstood words and actions. About breaking to come back together again, deeper than before. Give me hurt/comfort. Not too much hurt - I despise torture fics, I think I know too much about the human body to make them at all entertaining - and make the reconciliation/taking care equally balanced with the hurt.
There are some fandom specific things I love: In HP: A Snape that is nasty and mean and is forced to interact with Harry until he realizes how abusive he has been. Also in HP: Adults who aren't brain-dead idiots but take charge as they should. In MCU: Hawkeye, after he's released from Loki and learns of Phil's death. (Hm, yep, there's that brotherhood again)
Got a rec? I'd love to be pointed to Gen stories in these themes. I can do some pointing myself:
Strategic Differences bysg1jb archiveofourown.org/works/512985 (SG1)
A Year Like None Other by aspeninthesunlight archiveofourown.org/works/742072/chapters/1382061 (HP)
Lucky Pennies by IamShadow21 archiveofourown.org/works/1311790 (MCU)
Your turn!!
Brotherhood. That special friendship between men - no, not THAT special friendship. :D The vibe of found family, of brothers who will fight to the end for each other. Give me that deep friendship and I'm a goner. Give me Jack and Daniel (when they are well-written) or S&H or Ilya and Napoleon or Nick and Monroe or Sam and Dean. Vin and Chris.
Team. Moving out from the central brotherhood, give me a group of people who love and rely on each other. And who, ultimately, aren't defined by their romantic pairings. Give me the Scoobies from Buffy, SG1, Mag7, Spock, Kirk, and McCoy and the greater team and the Next Gen and DS9 bunch.
Now that that's settled... give me a story about inner tension. About misunderstood words and actions. About breaking to come back together again, deeper than before. Give me hurt/comfort. Not too much hurt - I despise torture fics, I think I know too much about the human body to make them at all entertaining - and make the reconciliation/taking care equally balanced with the hurt.
There are some fandom specific things I love: In HP: A Snape that is nasty and mean and is forced to interact with Harry until he realizes how abusive he has been. Also in HP: Adults who aren't brain-dead idiots but take charge as they should. In MCU: Hawkeye, after he's released from Loki and learns of Phil's death. (Hm, yep, there's that brotherhood again)
Got a rec? I'd love to be pointed to Gen stories in these themes. I can do some pointing myself:
Strategic Differences by
sg1jb archiveofourown.org/works/512985 (SG1)A Year Like None Other by aspeninthesunlight archiveofourown.org/works/742072/chapters/1382061 (HP)
Lucky Pennies by IamShadow21 archiveofourown.org/works/1311790 (MCU)
Your turn!!
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Date: 2020-01-28 08:07 pm (UTC)Have you read Maisie Makes a Deal? It's an outsider-POV, and a little bit slashy, but very much TEAM and FAMILY that also grows to include Maisie and her grandmother. I just love it. :D
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Date: 2020-02-01 12:16 am (UTC)I'm enjoying reading your thoughts on these challenges.
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